In an attempt to fix his financial problems, Erik recruits his brother, Atli, to help him import a shipment of cocaine into Iceland. Erik thinks he's got things all figured out, until the young Polish “mule” they've hired is unable to pass the drugs through her system.
A young woman is about to marry into a cult, but before the wedding she has a hen's party where her girlfriends show her what she will be losing once she gets married.
A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thór and Kristján experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland takes back its rights, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.
A man seeking death and a woman escaping life attempt to reconcile a decades-long cycle of vengeance with more violence, contrary to the cosmic plan.
A tale of how Njál, a character from the Icelandic Sagas, is burned at the stake.
Simon a mysterious man with a past returns to Iceland with the intention to end his no good life. Before he can complete his task he meets a young women DÚA who he believes might be his daughter. When she gets into trouble with the police Simon represses his death wish and decides to help her out. Together they flee to the city of Hamburg and smuggle with them what used to be the greatest export of the Vikings, an Icelandic Falcon. Their plan is to sell it to wealthy Arabs.
A recording of the City Theatre's production of Afanum. How are grandfathers today? They are in their prime, in good standing, have raised their children and can finally enjoy life after the hard work of earning a living. Many of them have a Harley Davidson in the garage and listen to the Beatles, but they all have one thing in common: falling asleep to the sound of the Spotlight at night. But grandfathers' tasks today can be varied and complex: double-sided glasses, complex remote controls, Viagra pills and, last but not least, grandchildren.
A man isolates himself from his environment and finally disappears into a white wall in his home.
Icelandic personal trainer and body builder Egill Einarsson or "Gillz" teaches us how to live life his way, the right way.
An elderly man goes about his daily routine until his grandson shows up and is eager to play football with him. Their mismatch on the football pitch is quickly apparent, with the youngster running rings around his senior. The old man with a bruised ego and full of reminiscence of his youth begins to prepare for their next encounter.
A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister)
Two lifelong friends find their small-town routine thrown into peril when a buxom and beautiful woman their own age shows up in their hot tub.
The actress is to produce a play with the local amateur group and old romantic flames are rekindled. At the same time an American army unit is making experiments with a new and powerful energy source in the vicinity, promising the community a prosperous future.
Karl, a skipper on a fishing boat, longs for a son to carry on the family legacy - fishing and soccer. When his dream is finally within reach, Karl must challenge family and friends who are weary of this delicate father and son relationship.
The story takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
Margrét, a middle-aged office worker, wakes to see cows walking around downtown Reykjavík. When she arrives at her office, she realizes that she’s the only one who can see them. Chaos ensues when a cow appears in the cafeteria.
A Mother's Courage (aka The Sunshine Boy) is a moving, compassionate portrayal of a mother's desperate quest to understand the perplexing condition that controls her son. A journey through different countries, where every stop-over opens a new path into the depths of autism - and places her son in a strikingly different perspective as it reaches the end.
After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.
Set in Reykjavik, this legal drama follows the professional and personal lives of three lawyers. Logi Traustason is one of Iceland’s most brilliant legal minds and the most troubled. After failing to make partner, he makes a deal to join Brynhildur and Hörður’s firm. All the while, Logi tries to get the truth about what really happened one night when he was 18 years old, when a young man died and he went to prison for manslaughter for 25 years.
An Icelandic drama miniseries created by Þráinn Bertelsson. The series takes place in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and follows the lives of an influential family in the fishing industry.
A police chief and two doctors in Iceland are asked to lead the battle against the deadly COVID pandemic and steer their nation through the storm.
Felix and Gunni have to search for Völundur the smith, as he is the one who makes the Christmas presents. The search is like an adventure, as the friends enter one labyrinth after another and meet all sorts of villains. But they carry on undaunted, overcoming fear and other obstacles.
Auddi, Sveppi, Pétur and Steindi Jr. travel in two teams across Europe collecting points for various challenges.
Anxiety and melancholy enters the relationship of two friends who dream of releasing music together. When Klara, their school sister, enters the picture, the friendship becomes even more complicated.
Relaunch of the Icelandic version of the pop idol reality series.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, relations between the former allied eastern and western powers deteriorated fast. Suddenly, the small island nation found itself in the midst of the ensuing “cold-war”, which it used to its full benefit to catapult into the modern world. A founding member of the NATO alliance, Iceland provided an important base for forward operations in protection of NATO’s northern flank and Scandinavia and the approaches to North America by U.S. and allied forces.
A thrilling and entertaining series about two teams racing around the world in a race against time, trying to collect points by solving adventurous and extremely diverse puzzles. The teams consist of the geniuses Auddi, Steindi, Sveppi and Pétur Jóhann.
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
Hrólfur, a weekend dad from a wealthy entrepreneurial family, is let go from the family business and must learn to stand on his own. Nearing forty, he decides to start a band and become a social media influencer.
A one-night stand goes awry when the participants realize the morning after that their bodies have switched.
Join a colorful group of friends for their adventures on the magical island of Tulipop.
In 1979, a group of Icelanders holiday in Spain.
"Missir" won the Edda Award for Best Human Interest Program of the Year in 2021. A powerful and well-crafted Icelandic series. Grief is a response to loss, and if we intend to love, we must also grieve. In the series, we meet people who have experienced grief and loss, learned to live with their sorrow, worked through their trauma, and built a good and happy life.
The ever-affable Professor Katmandu, headquartered at the Mouseum, and his robotic assistant Ms. B, deliver a mission to Trekkers: MIP, MAC, and MO. These tiny adventurers use their smarts to track down rare and endangered artifacts in legendary locales across the globe. In each quest, the three friends tackle adventurous challenges and sort out their own foibles to work as a team.
An Icelandic drama series about German Karl Krautz, who has the important job of traveling the world and producing television content for the German state. He is forced to spend the summer in Iceland with his assistant, Heinrich, producing cultural programs about the small village of Seltjarnarnes.
Failed TV-Personality Frimann Gunnarsson tries to revive his career and travels around Scandinavia to investigates Nordic sense of humour. He meets up with some of the best known comedians in Scandinavia, some might even call it the Champions League of Nordic comedy (Frimann himself for instance). Although he has high hopes to educate his viewers on the secrets about quality-humour, Frimann Gunnarsson fails miserably when each episode goes way off track.
